Alt

Make room in a diagram or view. Hold down the key, click somewhere in the diagram or view, and drag in one direction.

Drag an object without its relations from the model browser onto the diagram or view.

Alt+Enter

Show and hide the Properties window.

Alt+F4

Close (one instance of) Enterprise Studio. Any unsaved changes can be saved before closing.

Alt+Down arrow

Open a collapsed object or block with objects in a new diagram or view.

Alt+Up arrow

Close an opened collapsed object or block with objects in a diagram or view.

Alt+<number> (1 to 9)

Expand an item in the model browser to one or multiple levels if the item has child items.

Example: Alt+5 will expand a maximum of 5 levels deep.

Ctrl

Draw a relation with 90-degree angles in a diagram or view. Hold down the key and draw the line.

Zoom a diagram or view in on the region around the mouse pointer's position. Hold down the key and turn the mouse wheel away from you.

Zoom a diagram or view out the region around the mouse pointer's position. Hold down the key and turn the mouse wheel toward you.

Drag a nested object without its children from the model browser onto a diagram or view. Hold down the key and drag the parent object onto the diagram or view.

Ctrl+Enter

Enter a new line in the dialog for entering string property values.

Ctrl+Tab

Move to the next open diagram or view using the Active Tool Windows and Active Files overview. Use Ctrl+Shift+Tab to move to the previous open diagram or view.

Shift the focus to the next dialog item in a dialog.

Ctrl+minus (numeric)

Zoom out on a diagram or view. Use the - from the numeric keypad.

Ctrl+plus (numeric)

Zoom in on a diagram or view. Use the + from the numeric keypad.

Ctrl+0 (numeric)

Use the 0 from the numeric keypad.  Reset the zoom factor of a diagram or view that has been zoomed in or out back to 100%.

Ctrl+0 (alphanumeric)

Use the 0 from the alphanumeric keys.  Complete a selection of objects in a diagram or view. Only applicable if objects are placed on top of each other and thus form multiple layers.

Select one or more objects in one of the layers and press the keyboard shortcut to expand the selection at once, including all objects that fall within the selected objects and the intermediate relations.

Ctrl+1
(alphanumeric)

Use the 1 from the alphanumeric keys.  Select one or more objects in a diagram or view, and press Ctrl+1 to expand the selection with objects that have a direct (graphical) relation to the selected object(s). All relations between the chosen objects are also added to the selection. Press Ctrl+1 again to expand the selection further with the following directly related objects. Repeat this action until you have selected all desired layers in the object selection.

Ctrl+A

Select all present components. For example, all objects and relations in a diagram or view, or all objects and relations in the model browser.

Ctrl+C

Copy the selected objects and relations. In the case of selected text, the text is copied.

When copying objects and relations in a diagram or view for use in other applications:

Use Ctrl+C to copy in a resolution of 96 dpi (default resolution).

Use Ctrl+Shift+C to copy in a resolution of 200 dpi.

Use Ctrl+Alt+C to copy in a resolution of 600 dpi.

Use Ctrl+Shift+Alt+C to copy in a resolution of 72 dpi.

Only available in metamodel languages and methods that distinguish between semantics and visualization (ArchiMate, DMN, ERD, UML).

Remove an object or relation from an open view to remove its reference on the view and the element from the model entirely. Alternatively you can use the element context menu option Delete From Model.

To remove only the reference from a view, use Delete.

Ctrl+E

Select similar objects or relations in an open diagram or view. First select an object in the diagram or view and then press the keyboard shortcut.

Ctrl+F

Open the Find window to search objects and relations in a model, diagram, view, or a selection of them, or text in a documentation field.

Use Ctrl+Shift+F to open the window for advanced find.

Ctrl+G

Automatically generate a view (only for ArchiMate^® models).

Ctrl+H

Open the Find and replace window to search for and replace text in a documentation field.

Ctrl+K

Add a hyperlink to a documentation field.

Ctrl+L

Collapse an object or block with objects in a diagram or view.

Use Ctrl+Shift+L to expand a collapsed object or block with objects.

Ctrl+O

Show the Open window to open or search a file.

Ctrl+P

Show the Print window to print a model.

Ctrl+Q

Open the Query tool.

Ctrl+R

Rotate an object 90 degrees to another position for vertical/horizontal modeling. This function is only available for objects displayed with specific graphic shapes, like a cylinder, flow arrow, or trigger.

Ctrl+S

Open the Save as window to save the active, not previously stored model package.

In the case of a previously stored model package, the changes are saved.

Ctrl+T

Open the Actor table. This table is only available in Amber models.

Use Ctrl+Shift+T to open the Property table.

Ctrl+U

Ungroup grouped objects in a diagram or view. A (possibly collapsed) object with contents is replaced by its contents, and the outer object is removed.

Ctrl+V

Paste copied or cut objects and relations.

In the case of copied or cut text, the text is pasted.

Ctrl+X

Cut the selected objects and relations.

In the case of selected text, the text is cut.

Ctrl+Y

Repeat the last action, if possible.

Ctrl+Z

Revert the last action or delete the last typed input.

F1

Open the Help.

F2

Edit text, for example, in a documentation field, object, or the model browser.

F5

Refresh the active diagram or view.

F6

Perform automatic layout on the active view (only for ArchiMate models).

Use Ctrl+F6 to move to the next open diagram or view.

Use Shift+F6 to open the Automatic Layout window.

Use Ctrl+Shift+F6 to move to the previous open diagram or view.

F7

Perform layout on (a selection of) the relations in the active view (only for ArchiMate models).

F11

Show a diagram or view on full screen, and leave the full-screen display again.

Esc

Cancel an operation.

Shift

Add multiple copies of an object one after another in a diagram or view. Press and hold the key and click on the diagram or view several times.